Food and Agricultural Code section 5639

If the sum which is secured by the lien is not repaid to the county within 80 days from the recording of the amount of the lien, there shall be added to it a penalty of 15 percent. The penalties shall also be secured by the lien.

Source: Section 5639, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=5639. (updated Jan. 1, 1967; accessed Nov. 3, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/food_and_agricultural_code_section_5639

Original Source: Section 5639, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=5639. (last accessed May 12, 2025).